Andrew Visnovsky

Andrew Visnovsky is Senior Counsel at Vela Wood. His practice is focused on the sports business, advising players, agents, clubs, and governing bodies on matters related to strategic regulatory advice, player and business transactions, and disputes. Andrew has written extensively on the global soccer industry and has spoken at numerous events including the Football Transfer Forum and Law In Sport’s Football Law conference.

Andrew Visnovsky graduated from Villanova University School of Law and received a Masters in International Sports Law from the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE) in Madrid, Spain. Prior to law school, Andrew attended the Pennsylvania State University where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science.

Prior to joining Vela Wood, he spent three years in the MLS Player Department advising MLS clubs on player transactions and FIFA regulatory compliance. While at MLS Andrew drafted and updated the league’s roster rules and advised clubs on salary cap compliance matters. Andrew also spearheaded the league’s management of FIFA training rewards payments, assisted the league’s clubs and managed outside counsel in matters before FIFA’s dispute resolution bodies and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

After leaving MLS, Andrew continued to advise MLS clubs and international sports governing bodies, including FIFA, on sports management and regulatory-related matters through his sports management consultancy, Ad Victoriam Sports Group. He also represented coaches, players, agents, and high-performance personnel in transactions with soccer clubs within and outside of MLS. He continues to operate his sports management consultancy, in addition to his role at Vela Wood. Prior to joining MLS, Andrew was a litigation associate at a wall-street law firm in New York City, and clerked for the Hon. F. Patrick McManimon in the Civil Division of New Jersey, managing the Court’s special civil mediation programs. While in law school Andrew interned with Morgan Sports Law where, among other things, he assisted in the anti-doping dispute of 2013/A/3327 Marin Cilic v ITF, setting CAS precedent for anti-doping disputes arising under the WADA Code.

Contact

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